Little Known Facts about Chris Jamison

I grew up on a Dairy Farm in New York State. I can milk a cow, bale hay, etc.

My first car was a 1967 Mercury Cougar XR7. I bought it in 1981, and sold it for parts in 1988.

I am not allowed to donate blood. I lived in the United Kingdom for more than 6 months between 1980 and 2000, and therefore am at risk for transmitting mad cow disease.

I shook hands with Colin Powell in 1996 at a computer trade show (CA-World in New Orleans). I doubt he remembers it.

I have been to every state east of the Mississippi, except Mississippi. 8/2003: I made it to MS while on a business trip to Memphis, TN.

In 1983, I won 6^th place in the national FBLA Economics competition (held in San Francisco).

My favorite sport to compete in: Volleyball / Walleyball.

My favorite sport to watch: Baseball.

I have rafted on the Colorado river (1990).

I almost summited Ben Nevis (1998).

I used to show Dairy cows in the Orange Co. (NY) Fair.

I saw the Loch Ness Monster (1991). Really! I was driving on the south shore of Loch Ness and saw in my rear view mirror something floating through the water. When I turned around to look, it was gone.

I truly enjoy splitting firewood with an axe.

In college, I was chosen by my project-mates as the one to be letterer for our group project. Because I had the neatest handwriting among the four of us. Yes, it’s true!

My first paying job off the farm was as a checkout bagger at Lloyd’s (an early ‘super-store’ in Middletown, NY).